Restoration plans already underway at Rizokarpaso school
The government has approved a budget for restorations at the Rizokarpaso school buildings while a futsal court is to be constructed for the enclaved Greek...
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Sports facilities announced for Rizokarpaso and Maronites
The construction of two sports stadiums for the benefit of the Maronite community and a Futsal stadium in Rizokarpaso were announced on Friday by head...
Rizokarpaso students to enjoy afterschool activities for first time since ‘74
For the first time since 1974, students attending enclaved schools at Rizokarpaso, will have the chance to enjoy afterschool activities such as learning foreign languages,...
Govt expects strong interest in scheme to resettle villages in north
Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou on Wednesday said he expects that a significant number of young couples would make use of a scheme that was approved...
Call for Karpas donkeys to be corralled
Following the recent increase in traffic accidents caused due to donkeys roaming free in the roads of the Karpas peninsula in the north, an association...
Turkish Cypriot authority agrees Karpas woman unfairly treated
An enclaved woman from Rizokarpaso was backed by the Turkish Cypriot ‘ombudsperson’ over her complaint that authorities in the north had given her property in...
MPs concerned over works that could damage historical church in north
By Evie Andreou MPs on Friday expressed concerns over possible damage to antiquities during the renovation of the medieval church of Ayios Synesios in Rizokarpaso...
First wedding in nearly three decades to take place in Rizokarpaso
The first wedding in the Greek Cypriot enclave in Rizokarpaso in the north-east corner of the island in 27 years will take place next Saturday,...
North to announce ‘reasonable’ policy on ‘aid tax’
Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay announced on Wednesday that authorities in the north will soon make an announcement concerning the ‘customs duty’ imposed on government...
Love wins out in Rizokarpaso
A LOVE story between a Greek Cypriot man and a Turkish Cypriot woman who married more than 20 years after falling in love but went...
Turkish Cypriot elected president of parents’ association at Karpas school
For the first time in 42 years, a Turkish Cypriot Çiler Shambi was elected president of the parents’ association at the Rizokarpaso Gymnasium, press reports...
From Limassol to Rizokarpaso
By Evie Andreou If living in Rizokarpaso has been a challenge down the decades for those Greek Cypriots who stayed put after the 1974 invasion,...
North rejects Rizokarpaso teachers
The education ministry is in the process of appointing three new teachers to the Rizokarpaso high school in the north after the Turkish Cypriots rejected...
Enclaved teen’s conversion to Islam should not be politicised, Photiou says
The decision of a 17-year-old enclaved boy from Rizokarpaso to convert to Islam should not be politicised the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Photis Photiou said on Wednesday. Public...
Uncovering Rizokarpaso
Mention Rizokarpaso and the image is inevitably of a sad, derelict, remote village, which was home to the dwindling numbers of Greek Cypriot enclaved living...
Restored religious monuments succeed where politicians fail
By Evie Andreou THE RESTORATION of religious monuments, churches, mosques and graveyards signifies acceptance of each community’s right to worship and also enables people to...